♥ GUJARAT - DISTRICT SPECIAL ♥

♥ BY.NANDANI VIJAY ♥

♣ 1960 ♣
The state was created in 1960 out of
the 17 northern districts of the former
Bombay State and MERGING OF ALL
DISTRICTS OF SAURASHTRA STATE:
Ahmedabad, Amreli, Banaskantha,
Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Dang Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kheda, Kutch Mehsana, Panchmahal, Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Surat, Surendranagar, and Vadodara.

♣1964♣
In 1964 Gandhinagar was formed from parts of Ahmedabad and Mehsana.

♣1966♣
In 1966 Valsad was split from Surat.

♣1997♣
On 2 October 1997, five new district
were created:
• Anand was split from Kheda;
• Dahod was split from Panchmahal;
• Narmada was split from Bharuch;
• Navsari was split from Valsad;
• Porbandar was split from Junagadh.

♣2000♣
In 2000 Patan District was formed from parts of Banaskantha and Mehsana.

♣2007♣
On 2 October 2007, Tapi was split from Surat, as the state's 26th district.

♣2013♣

On August 15, 2013, seven new
districts came into being:[2]
• Aravalli was created from parts of
Sabarkantha
• Botad was created from parts of
Ahmedabad and Bhavanagar;
• Chhota Udaipur was created from
parts of Vadodara District.
• Devbhoomi Dwarka was split from
Jamnagar;
• Mahisagar was created from parts of Kheda and Panchmahal;
• Morbi was split from Rajkot,
Surendranagar and Jamnagar
• Gir Somnath was split from
Junagadh